Travel Travails

[kevin_standlee]

Lisa called this afternoon to tell me that her pickup truck broke down in Tonopah, Nevada. She can guess what's wrong, but needs to have a mechanic look at it. More news when I find out more. On the bright side, she was able to nurse the truck into Tonopah and get a hotel room before it quit running entirely, and thus she was not stuck out on a desolate stretch of US-95. Thank goodness this did not happen while we were out in the boondocks northwest of Pyramid Lake.

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[yourbob.livejournal.com]

Tonopah is apparently a lovely little town. It's got a world-famous mining museum, and a few other sight-seeing things around town. It's one of the stops on my list for this summer.

I just offer this as a "hope she can make the best of lemons" while waiting the shortest possible time for repairs.

Boondocks

[aekai.livejournal.com]

Well, yes and no. For most of the world, Tonopah, (population 2,500) would be considered the Boondocks. But, in central Nevada, it is indeed a welcome oasis, particularly if you are having car trouble.

I hope the problem is minor and quickly fixable, and that she will soon be on her way.

Re: Boondocks

[kevin-standlee.livejournal.com]

Exactly. Having lived in the Eastern Sierra metropolis of Bishop for a couple of years, I understand the relative nature of these things. Tonopah is not quite as isolated as, say, Flanigan.